Tuesday, January 15

The Brown and the White

It didn’t take long. The Brown soon realized that the white powder falling from the sky was just another state of his favorite substance – water. A Lab. His bone. And a flurry of snow. It’s time for you to rearrange your priorities. Drop what you’re doing and immerse yourself in the The Brown and [...]



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Monday, December 24

Starry-eyed Wise Men

So while we’re on the topic of Magi, because Magi come up all the time, we have a bit of a Christmas navigation problem to solve. It’s a small problem. But, you’re probably going to celebrate about 70 Christmases in your life, so getting the bugs worked out of your grasp of the story isn’t [...]



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Monday, December 17

Variable Depth of Field Images

From the mad scientist video lab comes: Variable Depth of Field Images.

Variable DOF images are interactive photos that allow you to change the focal point of the photo while you view it. You click on a part of the image and that part of the image pops into focus. In other words, the focal point is "variable."

When I learned how to do this, it triggered my evil laugh reflex and I had to experiment. Here are a couple of my hastily assembled attempts.

Shout out to Eric for pointing me to this lifehacker post which features this nifty variable DOF generater by Chaos Collective.


Attempt #1: Kitchen Table
  1. Arrange cactus and candy.
  2. Use wide open aperture.
  3. Eat candy.
  4. Do not eat cactus.


Attempt #2: WildDog
  1. Set up camera.
  2. Bribe subject.
  3. Work quickly.


Attempt #3: WildDog

Monday, December 3

Exterior Illumination

At least we have lights. I’ll be honest. I have a very lukewarm attitude about Christmas. Celebrating Christmas is like going to a carnival at the library. Except for Christmas lights. I like Christmas lights. Photos after the break… Every year I am hushed with awe and wonder at the meaning of the season. And [...]



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Wednesday, November 21

the farm table

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The hand-me-down table that  was the only bit of my housewares my classy wife would allow into our lives together has met it’s shabby match with this hand-built farm table.
A kitchen table is important to us. It’s the place where you spend lazy Saturday mornings reading and sipping coffee. It’s where friends gather. Where we converse. Where we live.
Ever since we moved we’ve been on the lookout for a dinning table that would fit our space.When we couldn’t find one we liked through the usual channels, Sarah discovered a nifty little shop near downtown McKinney where they’d make a farm table to order. The wood is reclaimed from an old front porch – floor boards for the top and porch columns for the legs.
Sarah didn’t know about the accent drawer. That was a little surprise from me.
Bret helped me haul the table and matching bench home today. The nice thing about finding beat up furniture is that any accidental scratches just add to the look. But all the same, don’t get any ideas, Brown Dog.
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